Crafts from cones with your own hands

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Cones are a unique material for creativity that nature has created. Therefore, be inspired by ideas, go to the forest, and then do the most beautiful and interesting crafts from cones with your own hands.

Beautiful crafts from cones - DIY Christmas decor

With your own hands, you can quickly and beautifully make crafts from cones in the form of New Year's decor. We offer several master classes with step by step photos at once.

Candlestick

Cut out a circle from cardboard, glue the sections with twine

We remove the core from pine cones and paint with acrylic paints of two colors - pink and blue. In this case, we leave the core brown, as a result an interesting effect is obtained

• We also use larch cones for crafts, which we also paint in two colors.
• Place a candle in the center of the base, fix it with glue and frame it with multi-colored cones.
• For elegance, add a few spruce twigs and white flowers, and sprinkle the composition with artificial snow on top.

Cones can be used as beautiful tablecloth weights.

Decorative cones

• For such a craft, it is important to find large cones, for example, cedar ones. We pass through their protruding parts with a brush with white acrylic paint.
• As soon as the paint dries, apply PVA glue and sprinkle with silver glitter.

For the tie, we use twine, which we glue to the cone along with artificial spruce twigs and Christmas-tree small balls of different colors

From a decorative ribbon made of burlap and cotton braid we make a bow, glue it

We also use small cones and white artificial flowers for decoration

Finally, spray the composition with silver aerosol or artificial snow

If you could not find pine cones, then you can use pine cones - choose the largest.

Wreath

1. We cut out a ring with a diameter of 22 cm from cardboard, glue the twine to the inner and outer sections.
2. We attach cones from cedar, spruce, larch and pine to the base.
3. Highlight the cones with white acrylic paint.
4. For brightness, add a few dried flowers in red, mandarin peel roses with leaves.
5. Glue the twine with dried orange and pine cone from below.

Drying citrus fruits is easy. Cut into circles, put between two sheets of cardboard, fasten with clothespins and leave to dry, for example, on a radiator.

Ball of cones

• We glue a satin ribbon bow to the plastic ball and immediately make a loop.
• We choose small cones, for example, larch trees, paint them in any color.
• Once the paint is dry, glue the cones onto the ball one by one.

• So that the texture of the cones is not lost, and the craft looks more elegant, we add white.
• We decorate the ball with small satin bows, artificial flowers.

A simple home decor idea: put pine cones in a glass jar along with an LED garland.

Suspension

• We paint a branch and large cones of various shapes with white paint.
• We tie a string to the branch, make a bow, and glue the other end to the cone along with a satin ribbon bow.

• For decoration, glue a spruce twig with a small cone to the branch, which we paint white and sprinkle with sparkles if desired.
• We glue dried oranges on a string, which will not only add brightness, but also give a scent.

We decorate the cones with sparkles and artificial snow

Sparkling snow on cones can also be imitated with glitter or covered with gold leaf foil (gold leaf).

Crafts from cones for children

Creative classes are an exciting process for all family members, especially for children. Little craftsmen will definitely like to create real miracles with their own hands. And the proposed master classes with step-by-step photos will tell you how to quickly and beautifully make interesting crafts from cones.

Hedgehog

1. We glue autumn leaves on a cardboard base - this will be a clearing for the future hedgehog.
2. Now on the cardboard as shown in the photo, glue a figure cut out of brown paper.
3. We roll it up with a cone, fix the edges with glue, this will be the muzzle of a hedgehog.
4. Then we take another thin cardboard, roll it up with a tube and slightly bend one edge inward - this will be the body of a hedgehog. We glue it to the clearing.
5. Now, as in the photo, we glue the body on all sides with pine cones.
6. We glue the toy eyes to the hedgehog, a small black pompom in place of the nose.
7. We decorate the composition with berries, chestnuts, spruce twigs and other natural materials as desired.

When the temperature changes, the cones open and, if unopened ones are needed for the craft, we lower the natural material for 30 seconds in wood glue.

Owl

For the base, we use an ordinary paper or plastic cup, which we turn over and glue it row by row in a circle with small pine cones

We glue four cones to the bottom of the glass and two more on the sides, but so that they resemble ears, as in the photo

• Glue fir cones in place of the wings.
• Cut out the eyes from white paper, draw the pupils with a black marker and glue them.
• In place of the beak - a small bump.

Finally, we decorate the composition with autumn leaves, acorns, berries and other natural materials

If you wish, you can make small owls. We just take a small bump, and cut out all the details from felt and glue it.

Interesting! DIY felt crafts for the New Year 2021

Gnomes

• Let's start with the legs for the gnome. To do this, take brown plasticine, knead it well, roll the sausage and bend it slightly in the middle.
• We flatten it a little for the shoes, attach it to a wooden stand, and fix the bump on top.
• For the cap, we use red felt, from which we cut out a triangle and sew it right along the front side.
• Cut out a straight strip 1.5 cm wide from felt of a different color.
• Cut out mittens from red felt.

We glue the cap on a wooden ball, and then attach the head with glue to the cone

We glue mittens to the string, attach the handles to the body of the gnome, that is, to the lump

We tie a scarf to the gnome, and paint eyes and a smile with paints

If it was not possible to find wooden balls, then the head can be molded from ordinary plasticine.

Cones topiary

The main decoration for the New Year is a spruce, but if there is no way to dress up a New Year's beauty, then we advise you to take a closer look at the topiary. Such decor can be made quickly and beautifully from cones with your own hands. The craft is simple, just follow the step by step photo.

Materials:

• Pine cones;
• decorative berries;
• lace ribbon;
• pots;
• foam ball;
• 2 half-ball foam blanks;
• moss (reindeer lichen);
• branch;
• newspaper;
• silver spray paint.

Master Class:

• We cover the working surface with a newspaper or film, put on gloves. Prepare the pots and spray paint.
• Cover the pot with silver paint and leave it to dry completely.

• Now we take a half of the ball and a large foam ball, in each we make a depression in the center.
• Apply a drop of glue to the end of the branch and insert it into a large foam ball.

We completely glue the ball with cones. We try to make sure that there are as few voids as possible between them

• We put the halves of the ball in the flowerpot, but so that the part with the recess is at the top, we fix it with glue.
• Grease the recess with glue and insert the tree.

• We completely cover the cones with spray paint.
• We put moss around the trunk in a pots - this will be grass, and we decorate the product itself with a lace ribbon.

Cover the empty spaces between the cones with decorative berries

You need to work with spray paint in a well-ventilated area, and preferably outdoors if possible.

Box of cones and jute

You can quickly and beautifully make a craft in the form of a box from cones with your own hands. A master class with step by step photos is simple. The box looks unusual and original.

Materials:

• tape sleeve;
• jute;
• satin ribbon;
• cones;
• cardboard.

Master Class:

We take a sleeve from a wide tape and wrap it with a satin ribbon

Cut out the bottom from the cardboard and also glue it with pieces of satin ribbon

We glue the bottom to the sidewall, and then glue some of the sidewall and the bottom with jute

• Now we wrap the sleeve from the narrow tape with satin ribbons.
• Cut out the bottom from the cardboard, glue it with pieces of tape and connect the two parts together. Then we wrap it with a tourniquet. This will be the lid for the box.

Cut out a strip for a pen from cardboard, glue it with tape, and then wrap it with jute. We glue the handle to the lid

We glue cones on the lid and for elegance we decorate the box with spruce branches, beads, berries

If you need to give the cone the desired shape, then soak it for 20 minutes, then tie it in shape with a thread and leave it to dry completely. Then the thread can be cut.

Herringbone from cones with flowers from foamiran

The eco-style herringbone, which you can make with your own hands, will decorate the house for more than one year. Such a cone craft can be presented as an original gift. Everything is done quickly, but it turns out very beautiful and unusual.

Materials:

• foam cone;
• metal rod;
• alabaster;
• kraft paper;
• flowers of their foamiran, cotton;
• cones;
• berries, spruce branches, cinnamon sticks;
• small pot.

Master Class:

We attach the foam cone to a metal rod

We breed alabaster to the consistency of thick sour cream. Fill the pot with the resulting mass, insert the rod

• To prevent the foam cone from showing through between the decorative elements, paint it or wrap it with thin kraft paper.
• Glue the cone to the finished base.

We decorate the Christmas tree, starting with the largest elements - pine cones and flowers from foamiran and cotton

• Glue the cones with the base up, and remove the excess height with pliers.
• We also use spruce twigs, cinnamon sticks, star anise stars, berries for decoration.
• When decorating, special attention should be paid to the lower part of the composition. It is better to glue the overhanging parts to cover the base.

The pot can also be painted white, tied with twine, and instead of a bow, glue a star anise star

In order for the Christmas tree to turn out beautiful and neat, from all sides in the process of work it is necessary to arrange all the decorative elements at the same height. If a depression has formed somewhere, then it can be closed with a berry, a bump, and then the surface will be leveled.

Pine cone basket

A basket of cones is an original decoration, an interesting craft for a kindergarten or school, as well as an unusual gift. It is easy to make such a basket, you need a little free time and desire.

Materials:

• cones;
• cardboard;
• acrylic paints.

Master Class:

1. We take the cones and paint them in the colors of autumn, but only the very tips of the natural material.
2. Cut out a rectangle with dimensions of 27x17 cm from cardboard and round the edges using a regular lid. Cut out.
3. So that you can put something heavy in the basket, we make a double bottom.
4. We also cut out a strip of 15 cm high from cardboard, make small cuts on top, wrap the bottom and fix it with glue.
5. Now we apply drops of glue to the top of the cones and glue the base in any order.
6. For the handle, we also use cones, which we glue together, giving them the desired shape.
7. We glue the handle to the basket. We fill the craft and you can go to visit.

The basket cannot be taken by the handle, it acts only as a decorative element.

These are handicrafts made from cones with your own hands. But in the end, we will share how you can paint such a natural material:

1. Acrylic paint. Apply a small amount of paint to the sponge and distribute. We take a cone and roll it out on a sponge with paint.
2. Spray paint. We simply paint the cones with spray paint, but it is better to do this in the fresh air, since such paint has a very strong smell.
3. Hairspray and glitter. Spray a strong hold polish all over the bump and then quickly apply glitter.

If you need to bleach the cones, then put them in water with bleach for 5 hours, and then rinse and dry well.